The long year 2023 is finally wrapping up and heading into the history books.
In keeping with this newspaper’s December tradition, Organized Labor spoke with several key figures from Bay Area building trades locals affiliated with the SF Building and Construction Trades Council.
The Bay Area’s next big redevelopment megaproject just got underway in the first weeks of this month, and it couldn’t have come at a better time.
In San Francisco‘s Bayview district, a transformative project is on the way that could bring with it a whole new era of urban development and economic revitalization for the City.
The second annual SF Building Trades Council’s Public Service Awards, held on Friday, September 22, was emblematic of this year in organized labor. The council honored Julie A. Su, the current acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Labor, with a Public Service Award.
On Wednesday, November 1, spirits were high among labor leaders in the City. After a tour of the Salesforce Transit Center with acting Labor Secretary Julie Su — and representatives from the State Building Trades of California, the California Labor Federation, and the Transbay Joint Powers Authority — SF Building
With a glut of empty office space in the heart of San Francisco — a city suffering from a desperate housing shortage — a conversation is emerging about a solution that seems logical: Let’s convert some of that unused commercial square footage into much-needed homes for human beings.
Martinez native Kyle Salva is a father of three and a sprinkler fitter who won the United Association of Plumbers and Pipefitters’ 2023 National Apprentice Competition, which pits apprentices from around the world against their counterparts in a battery of tests to evaluate skill in a variety of plumbing- and pipefitting-related disciplines.
In August, the State Building and Construction Trades Council of California (SBCTC) took a strategic leap forward in creating its very first political department.
